The preparation process for cultivating sugar cane at the Rose Hall Estate, East Canje, Berbice, has been advanced with five new tilling machines valued at some $100 million. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, handed over the high-end John Deere equipment, during the commissioning ceremony in front of the factory,…
– as gov’t prepares to roll out cash grants to fisherfolk Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha today met with groups of fisherfolk from villages along the East Coast of Demerara to discuss the $150,000 one-off relief grant which was recently announced by His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. The meetings were held…
Twenty-seven technical staff and extension officers from the Ministry of Agriculture have begun a training programme by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to strengthen Guyana’s agricultural disaster resilience and emergency response capacities. The two-day workshop opened on Wednesday, at the Caribbean Inn Inc., Mon Repos, East Coast…
Given the increasing impacts climate change continues to have on the regional agriculture sector, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha said there needs to be a single shared vision and coordination of efforts toward sustainable change to protect the Caribbean’s agriculture and food systems. Minister Mustapha was at the time delivering remarks…
Guyana, the largest producer of Atlantic seabob, is one of two Caribbean countries and one of 12 countries in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) selected for the ‘FISH4ACP’ programme. The initiative seeks to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the Atlantic seabob fishery in Guyana, where it is expected…
More than $3 billion is estimated to be spent to undertake a number of key projects along the Essequibo Coast to improve the agriculture sector at the end of the year. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, announced Wednesday, that when these major plans are accomplished, the agriculture infrastructure and…
Over the past two days, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) executed a series of emergency works in the Mahaicony–Abary area, in Region Five following instances of flooding due to continuous heavy rainfall. Following reports of flooding in several parts of the region, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha immediately put…
The Government of Guyana continues to invest heavily in the agriculture sector, in areas like large-scale vegetable and livestock production, coconut, and drainage systems, all of which contribute to the country’s rapidly growing food production system. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P. said recently, that the vast land space in…
